“But you like vengeance so very much,” she pointed out with mock solicitousness. “And I should hate to deprive you of it. You could give all of that up for me?” This made him smile, slowly, with a pure, dazzling, wicked delight that strangely infected her with delight. “You’re so thoughtful,” he said, with hushed fervor. She gave a little shout of surprised laughter.
